News &amp; Features - August 2009

State Sen. Kevin Lundberg announces his candidacy for Colorado State Senate District 15 on Monday at the Hammond Amphitheater in North Lake Park. Lundberg was appointed to the seat so his announcement showed his intent to keep it.

BNSF Foreman Flagman Butch Borago of Loveland switches a signal at the railroad crossing at Seventh Street on Monday. Crews will remove the old wood crossings and replace it with new concrete ones.

Karoly Kiss of Loveland paints a home along Garfield Street for a friend on Monday. Today is expected to be as sunny as yesterday and maybe a bit warmer with highs in the upper 70s and a 20 percent chance of rain in the afternoon.

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Loveland Police Chief Luke Hecker and police information manager Teri Kuhlman explain how information about crime statistics in Loveland can be obtained at the http://www.crimemapping.com Web site the department has recently started using.

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Bill Reed Middle School sixth-grade math teacher Heidi Christensen works in her classroom in preparation for the beginning of the new school year. Christensen and fellow Bill Reed math teacher Jennifer Lund were involved in the development of the school's new mathematics textbook, "Making Connections: Foundations for Algebra."

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Bill Reed Middle School will be using a new mathematics textbook this year called "Making Connections: Foundations for Algebra."

Kacey Fuller, 9, from Johnstown prepares to climb out of his father's 1931 Ford Model A during the Road Knights car show at The Ranch on Sunday. Fuller says he likes to come to the shows because, "I get to hang out with my dad and see cool cars."

Ken Jones of Casper Wyoming works hard to polish the chrome on the front of his wife's 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air on Sunday at the Road Knights car show at The Ranch. Jones says that he and his wife, Garnette Jones, travel all over to different car shows and has enjoyed Loveland's show saying there are "a lot of nice cars and a lot of nice people" at the Road Knights show this year.

A 1931 Huppmobile sits on display Sunday during the Road Knights car show at The Ranch.

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While playing with friends 9-year-old Lexie Christopher of Loveland rolls down a hill near the Chapungu Sculpture Park at The Promenade Shops at Centera on Saturday.

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Loveland residents, from right to left, Mary Williams, Rick Frahm and Robin Frahm walk around a pond at Fairgrounds Park with golden retreivers Wrigley, left, and Cayson on Friday evening on their way to see the finish of the Valley 5000 running race.

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Runners take off from the starting line for the Valley 5000 running race on Friday, Aug. 14, 2009 near Fairgrounds Park in Loveland.

Paulyne Cleveland, who turns 108 today, poses for a photo with her birthday cake and a stack of birthday cards on at her home in Loveland. Cleveland was born in Iowa in 1901 and moved to Loveland in 1973. Cleveland has a son and a daughter, who are twins, two grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

Former Van Buren Elementary teacher Georgia Wilson, left, and her daughter Hilary Holmes and granddaughter Kendall Holmes, 1, check out a room in the at the New Van Buren Educaton Center on Thursday. Wilson, who taught at the school since 1989, recounted stories about the building that once housed German prisoners of war. Subsequent inhabitants included yellow jackets, mold, a woodchuck and snow that came through a three inch crack between the wall and ceiling. The new building will be used to educate children with emotional needs.

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Brian DelGrosso, center, speaks during a meeting of the House District 51 vacancy committee Thursday evening in the Pulliam Building where he was selected to fill the seat of Don Marostica in the state legislature.

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Brian DelGrosso speaks during the House District 51 vacancy committee meeting to determine who will fill the seat of Don Marostica in the state legislature.

Pourhouse Managing Partner Joe Beaman, left, talks with Jamey Hancock of Republic National Distributing about the new restaurant's alcohol selection on Wednesday. The restaurant will open on Aug. 18, in the former location of Cipoletti's Italian restaurant on Fourth Street in downtown. The owners will retain most of the staff but will offer more draught beers from smaller local microbreweries and a menu with seafood and burgers.

Bob and Jody Harrison of Greeley hang out behind their 1932 Ford Five Window Coupe during last year's Road Knight's Car Show at The Ranch.

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Ron Doran, left, and his grandson Zach Postek, 17, both of Loveland, use umbrellas to fend off the rain as they look at a 1968 Chevrolet Camero on display Saturday at The Ranch during the 25th Annual Road Knights Car Show. Doran said he's owned about 60 different cars over his life and that he enjoys finding and restoring vintage automobiles. The show continues today from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and costs $5 for adults and $2.50 for children.

Tyler Florell, 20, of Loveland does a backflip into the Big Thompson River as his friend Cole Gladura, 15, right, waits to jump on Tuesday at the swimming hole along the Recreation Trail just south of First Street.

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Amy Hach, left, and her children, Grace, 9, and Hunter, 11, view paintings by artist Wayne Thiebaud on Tuesday at the Loveland Museum and Gallery. The exhibit is called 70 Years of Painting and runs through Aug. 16 with the next exhibit being Memento Mori: Deconstruction of the Nuclear Family by Lauri Zuckerman beginning Aug. 29.

Officer Denise Martinchick K-9 Handler Steve Colburn and Kyro search the area where a suspect in the armed robbery of St. Louis Liquors was last seen near the intersection of East Second Street and Saint Louis Avenue on Tuesday. The robbery happened around 2:20 p.m., and the suspect fled on foot to the northwest of the liquor store but was not caught.

Loveland Police Officer Denise Martinchick talks with a witness on Tuesday near St. Louis Liquors on East First Street and Saint Louis Avenue. The robber showed a revolver and demanded money and fled into the neighborhood just northeast of the liquor store.

Thompson School District superintendant ,Ron Cabrera, gives an animated speech to more than 1,000 of the district's teachers on their first day back Monday at the Embassy Suites in Loveland.

Bill Renzelman, a seventh grade math teacher at Turner Middle School, laughs while Thompson School District superintendant, Ron Cabrera, gives a speech to all of the districts teachers on their first day back Monday at the Embassy Suites in Loveland.

Loveland Fire and Rescue firefighter, Russell Klassen, from Station 5 sprays down oily clothing that had caught fire by spontaneous ignition Monday at 2241 Arikaree Court in Loveland.

Tim King of Longmont works on the shoulder blades of the young girl in one of his recent clay sculptures Sunday during the Loveland Sculpture Invitational at Lake Loveland. King, who is an eight year participant, says, "I enjoy being able to create something that people can identify with."

Susan Rae Westover admires the artwork of Matt Lewis Sunday at the Loveland Sculpture Invitational at Lake Loveland. The event attracted hundreds from across the country as thousands of pieces of artwork were show-cased over a three day span.

Dakota Wiechman, 8, discusses her newly created penguin with sculptor Tim King Sunday at the Loveland Sculpture Invitational at Lake Loveland. King, who knows Wiechman from their church in Longmont, helped in the penguin-making process commenting on Wiechman's passion for the art form, "she's definitely an up-and-coming sculptor."

People walk past sculptures displayed on Sunday during the last day of the Loveland Sculpture Invitational at Lake Loveland. The event attracted many artists from all over the country and was equally crowded with customers and on-lookers.

Jim La Paso of Austin, Texas gives his kinetic sculpture a twirl to show its moving parts to observers at the Loveland Sculpture Invitational Sunday at Lake Loveland. Paso says that he's been very fortunate during the recent economic downturn in that his business hasn't felt it much, "if people can afford five grand, they can still afford five grand," he said.

Ronnie Boicourt from Portland, Oregan prepares a large scupture by Mike Suri for a fork lift at the end of the day on Sunday at the Loveland Sculpture Invitational at Benson Sculpture Garden in Loveland. The sculpture, weighing in at approximately 1500 pounds, will be on its way back to Oregan tomorrow.

An untitled sculpture by Giuseppe Palumbo leaks water out of purposeful holes in its head Sunday at the Loveland Sculpture Invitational. The event drew many artists with a vastly differing array of pieces scattered throughout Lake Loveland and the Benson Sculpture Garden.

Nicole Stepina, 5, right, and her sister Nicole, 6, peer into the window at Merchant Voyage on Fourth Street in downtown Loveland on Sunday. The two were hanging out at their great-grandmother, Mary Aguilar's restaurant, Carl's Canteen.